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WuTang_OG wrote:One of the knocks on ware in pre draft
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God Squad wrote:The hot takes after game 1 will be glorious.
TimeForChange wrote:
GLF wrote:mtcan wrote:Boogie! wrote:
I’m not sure what people are seeing in Walter that makes him look leagues above this competition.
Walter needs to be able to score efficiently at the NBA level and he didn’t really show that ability even in summer league…
On a team with Scottie, BI and IQ...all I need Jakobe to be is a defender who can hit a 3, defend and create as a release valve when the other guys are being guarded too heavily. He is essentially a 4/5th option.
Exactly. Let’s please not start this again with Ja’Kobe like we did with Ochai last summer league. Looking at summer league games from an efficiency standpoint will never be smart. Ja’Kobe is being asked to do somethings in summer league he won’t be asked to do in the regular season and he’s higher in the pecking order in summer league than he will be on the Raptors. The effort and the defence is there, he just missed some shots. I’m not worried about Ja’Kobe at all. He was never a guy who could create for himself off the bounce with any consistency at the NBA level, so him still not being able to do that in summer league doesn’t worry me bc that was always the icing on the cake. As long as in the regular season he can hit 3s, finish off cuts, play defence and continue advantages that are created for him he’ll be fine. All things he’s shown he can do in the NBA already. I am not going to let like 4-5 summer league games change my mind about him when he showed flashes of what he could be in the regular season already. He’ll be just fine.
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
mtcan wrote:webeye wrote:Syd-TK3 wrote:
Very nice defense. He could have been wearing a Raptors jersey out there.
Offense...not so much. In 4 summer league games so far, he's averaging:
23 min, 5.75 pts (20.7% fg on 7.25 shots/game, 18.2% 3pt), 3.75 boards, 1 assist, 0.25 steals, 1.5 blocks, 3.25 to, 4.25 fouls
Each game his offensive numbers have actually gotten worse. (That trend's got to reverse soon, though. He can't hit fewer shots than he did yesterday (0-7).)
I can't imagine his shooting not coming around. The 3s will start falling eventually. Defence is elite. His ability to create for himself will be the key point of development. He is exactly as advertised coming out of college...playing the exact same role he did at Arizona.
He certainly is a high floor guy with the defence. If he never learns how to really score outside of the 3 point shooting...I wouldn't feel good taking him #9. I think he was drafted at the proper spot in the draft.
TimeForChange wrote:I wonder why the Raptors allow other teams to use their court in Vegas?
Boogie! wrote:GLF wrote:mtcan wrote:On a team with Scottie, BI and IQ...all I need Jakobe to be is a defender who can hit a 3, defend and create as a release valve when the other guys are being guarded too heavily. He is essentially a 4/5th option.
Exactly. Let’s please not start this again with Ja’Kobe like we did with Ochai last summer league. Looking at summer league games from an efficiency standpoint will never be smart. Ja’Kobe is being asked to do somethings in summer league he won’t be asked to do in the regular season and he’s higher in the pecking order in summer league than he will be on the Raptors. The effort and the defence is there, he just missed some shots. I’m not worried about Ja’Kobe at all. He was never a guy who could create for himself off the bounce with any consistency at the NBA level, so him still not being able to do that in summer league doesn’t worry me bc that was always the icing on the cake. As long as in the regular season he can hit 3s, finish off cuts, play defence and continue advantages that are created for him he’ll be fine. All things he’s shown he can do in the NBA already. I am not going to let like 4-5 summer league games change my mind about him when he showed flashes of what he could be in the regular season already. He’ll be just fine.
When did jakobe show he could consistently hit open 3s in the nba? Also my reply was to the notion that jakobe can sit because he’s clearly better than the competition and doesn’t belong in summer league and I don’t see it… maybe he’ll be better this game we’ll see…
TimeForChange wrote:I wonder why the Raptors allow other teams to use their court in Vegas?
Basketball_Jones wrote:mtcan wrote:webeye wrote:
Very nice defense. He could have been wearing a Raptors jersey out there.
Offense...not so much. In 4 summer league games so far, he's averaging:
23 min, 5.75 pts (20.7% fg on 7.25 shots/game, 18.2% 3pt), 3.75 boards, 1 assist, 0.25 steals, 1.5 blocks, 3.25 to, 4.25 fouls
Each game his offensive numbers have actually gotten worse. (That trend's got to reverse soon, though. He can't hit fewer shots than he did yesterday (0-7).)
I can't imagine his shooting not coming around. The 3s will start falling eventually. Defence is elite. His ability to create for himself will be the key point of development. He is exactly as advertised coming out of college...playing the exact same role he did at Arizona.
He certainly is a high floor guy with the defence. If he never learns how to really score outside of the 3 point shooting...I wouldn't feel good taking him #9. I think he was drafted at the proper spot in the draft.
Yeah with Bryant you almost have to believe he’s better offensively at some point. Like a guy that agile and athletic gotta be more than Bruce Bowen/PJ Tucker offensively some day lol. He looks bigger then measured too, like Tatum size almost.
Basketball_Jones wrote:mtcan wrote:webeye wrote:
Very nice defense. He could have been wearing a Raptors jersey out there.
Offense...not so much. In 4 summer league games so far, he's averaging:
23 min, 5.75 pts (20.7% fg on 7.25 shots/game, 18.2% 3pt), 3.75 boards, 1 assist, 0.25 steals, 1.5 blocks, 3.25 to, 4.25 fouls
Each game his offensive numbers have actually gotten worse. (That trend's got to reverse soon, though. He can't hit fewer shots than he did yesterday (0-7).)
I can't imagine his shooting not coming around. The 3s will start falling eventually. Defence is elite. His ability to create for himself will be the key point of development. He is exactly as advertised coming out of college...playing the exact same role he did at Arizona.
He certainly is a high floor guy with the defence. If he never learns how to really score outside of the 3 point shooting...I wouldn't feel good taking him #9. I think he was drafted at the proper spot in the draft.
Yeah with Bryant you almost have to believe he’s better offensively at some point. Like a guy that agile and athletic gotta be more than Bruce Bowen/PJ Tucker offensively some day lol. He looks bigger then measured too, like Tatum size almost.
mtcan wrote:TimeForChange wrote:I wonder why the Raptors allow other teams to use their court in Vegas?
I don't the Raptors are the only team to have their own court in a Vegas hotel.
_MidNight_ wrote:Tre Johnson is so damn good! He might already be their best player.
Syd-TK3 wrote:_MidNight_ wrote:Tre Johnson is so damn good! He might already be their best player.
Real star potential Wizards need to surround him with great defenders and just let him cook offensively
